Let’s see, our nation “hoards” oil in an oil reserve set aside for emergencies. Our nation “hoards” 7000 nuclear weapons (certainly not needing to be used anytime soon) for emergencies. What does our nation NOT hoard? Well, we’re not doing too well with savings seeing how much we put aside as debt.

Furthermore the article from Sun Myung Moon’s Washington Times doesn’t mention Mormons but about Americans in general. How does the questioner deduce it is those dastardly Mormons hoarding all the food?

Here’s my prediction: expect to see an announcement within the next few weeks from the First Presidency about this.

I’d bet anything that the Presiding Bishopric and the First Presidency are studying this situation, are praying about it, and are in the process of receiving guidance from the Lord on how to advise the members.

The church, the gospel, and the saints exist to _bless_ the world, not make things worse. I’ve seen few comments from ‘naclers indicating they truly understand why we’re supposed to have had a 1 year supply. Most of the comments about food storage that I’ve read, don’t seem to see the bigger picture.

And of course, those who already had their one-year supply put in before this, have very little to worry about.

I would also imagine that the First Presidency will soon be encouraging the members to plant gardens.

With the church recently starting to sell food storage items over the internet (www.ldscatalog.com), it’s obvious to me that the brethren foresaw this.

#9: Beware the pronoun “that.” Its use is both an assumption, and causes another assumption by the reader/listener. Such assumptions about which thing or things are being referenced often bring about misunderstandings.

(One of the reasons I love the Book of Mormon is that passages often repeat the subject instead of using the shortcuts of “it” and “that.”)